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Akhil Amar, Constitutional Law, Jeffrey Toobin, Law Professors, New Yorker, Noah Feldman, Orrin Hatch, Politics, Quote of the Day, Sanford Levinson
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Orrin Hatch, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
SCOTUS Speculation: Will Obama's Pick Tick Off Conservatives?Plus some thoughts on a second Justice Thomas.
Yesterday I predicted that President Obama will nominate Judge Diane Wood (7th Cir.) to the Supreme Court. My colleague Elie is on record as predicting that Obama will nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan. Both of these predictions still seem viable, in light of how Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) reacted after meeting with Obama yesterday to […] - Sponsored
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Alberto Gonzales, Department of Justice, Federal Government, George J. Terwilliger III, Orrin Hatch, Senate Judiciary Committee, Ted Olson, William Wilkins
Who Will Be the Next AG? Maybe Not Ted Olson
Back on Tuesday, it was widely rumored that an attorney general nomination announcement was imminent — and that the nominee was going to be former Solicitor General Ted Olson (pictured at right, at his wedding last year). But we had our doubts. We opined that Olson, confirmed as SG by a narrow 51-47 margin, might […]
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Alberto Gonzales, Department of Justice, George J. Terwilliger III, Larry Thompson, Michael Chertoff, Orrin Hatch, Paul Clement, Politics, Ted Olson
The Short List
The Associated Press (via the Washington Post) reported Tuesday that the short list to replace Alberto Gonzales as AG is the following five names: Ted Olson George J. Terwilliger, III Sen. Orrin Hatch Larry D. Thompson Paul D. Clement Ted Olson seems like a solid, non-controversial choice. Terwilliger would definitely be the most fun name […] -
Alberto Gonzales, Ben Wittes, Department of Justice, James Comey, Larry Thompson, Laurence Silberman, Orrin Hatch, Paul Clement, Politics, Senate Judiciary Committee, Ted Olson
Possible Replacements for Alberto Gonzales
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales may be slightly more secure in his position these days than in the recent past, when it was looking like “Gonzales” was Spanish for “canned.” But he’s not out of the woods yet — which is why speculation about possible successors continues. Ben Wittes, writing for TNR Online, has some excellent […] -
Announcements, Borat, Celebrities, Drinking, Duke Lacrosse Team Rape Case, Eumi Choi, Job Searches, Movies, Nauseating Things, Orrin Hatch, Pro Se Litigants, Public Interest, Senate Judiciary Committee, Sex, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Stephen Breyer, Week in Review
ATL Week in Review -- Bonus-Free Edition: December 11 - 15
Here’s our recap of the past week in ATL, completely free of Biglaw or bonus news (which will be summarized in a separate “Week in Review” post). The theme for this week’s news: “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” * Hardworking lawyers are still unhappy with their sex lives. * Celebrities […] -
Orrin Hatch, Politics, Screw-Ups, Senate Judiciary Committee
Nostra Culpa: Hatch Is Staying On Judiciary
We were wrong in predicting that Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) would be stepping down from the Judiciary Committee. (And we were not alone in making this mistake.) Earlier this week, we had heard rumors that various deals had unraveled — Senate committee assignments are a complex, delicate ecosystem — and that Hatch might actually be […] -
Civil Rights, Department of Justice, Orrin Hatch, Politics, Senate Judiciary Committee
Senator Hatch Really Is Leaving Judiciary
The Legal Times is wondering about the Senate committee plans of Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT). They speculate that he might take over the Antitrust Subcommittee of the judiciary panel. But as we previously reported, Hatch is actually leaving the Senate Judiciary Committee altogether. And now other sources, from the mainstream media, are repeating what we […] - Sponsored
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Arlen Specter, Civil Rights, Department of Justice, Orrin Hatch, Politics, Senate Judiciary Committee
Juicy News from the Senate Judiciary Committee
Two pieces of news from the Senate Judiciary Committee: 1. Orrin Is Outie. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) is said to be leaving the Judiciary Committee. Senator Hatch served as committee chairman for many years, before he was replaced as chairman by Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA), due to the Republicans’ system of term limits for committee […]
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